Stomach upset, its consequences and natural ways of preventing stomach upset

Description :   Upset stomach is also known as dyspepsia or indigestion. It is the term generally used for

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Upset stomach is also known as dyspepsia or indigestion. It is the term generally used for describing the pain and discomfort felt in upper abdomen. Everyone experiences indigestion or stomach upset from time to time after drinking or eating. Several factors are responsible for developing an upset stomach like too much consumption of fatty foods or allergic reaction or infections or excessive consumption of spices or alcohol or caffeine. It generally develops stomach ache or abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, gas production, heartburn, farting, hiccupping, sour breath, belching etc. The symptoms can be easily treated by using simple home remedies thus you need not to be looked further than your kitchen for solution.

Below points will discuss about 15 natural ways for preventing an upset stomach

Focus on BRAT diet

• Individual with upset stomach should consume a BRAT diet for rapid recovery. BRAT stands for Banana, Rice, Applesauce and Toast
• All of the foods of BRAT diet are starchy in nature, which ultimately help to bind foods together as a result helps to produce firmer stool and prevents diarrhoea
• On the other hand this diet is also very effective for soothing the stomach as these foods do not contain any substances that may irritate the stomach or the throat or the intestine thus its consumption is thought to be extremely helpful for improving the symptoms of upset stomach or indigestion

Have some ginger

• Ginger has been traditionally used as an imperative remedial action for digestive issues
• Ginger exerts potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities that help to protect the stomach from damages thus reduces the risk of developing stomach upset
• Ginger contains shogaols and gingerols, which are also associated with speeding up stomach contraction, hence helps to move foods (especially those foods, which are responsible for indigestion) through stomach rapidly, thus helps to improve the symptoms
• It helps to prevent nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea as well

Try apple cider vinegar

• It is better to consume apple cider vinegar for preventing an upset stomach
• Acid present in apple cider vinegar is responsible for decreasing starch digestion thus allow the starch to get into the intestine where it is well utilized for promoting the health of intestinal microbes, which subsequently decreases the prevalence of stomach upset

Try chamomile tea

• Individual suffer from frequent stomach upset or indigestion should try chamomile tea as it helps to soothe the stomach by exhibiting anti-inflammatory activities that protects stomach from inflammatory damages
• Its anti-inflammatory activities are also associated with relaxing stomach muscle, which ultimately reduce the spasm hence decrease the pain of cramping

Try mint

• It is better to include mint in daily diet for preventing stomach cramping or pain as it contains menthol, which has analgesic activity

• It plays significant role in reducing muscle spasm within intestine, which also helps to prevent pain
• It helps to decrease the prevalence of vomiting and diarrhoea
• On the other hand it helps to inhibit sour breath as it is also related with sweetening the breath

Try Cinnamon

• Consumption of cinnamon helps in digestion thus it can be easily added to the diet of individual with stomach upset
• It contains various important substances like eugenol, linalool, cinnamaldehyde, camphor that exert antioxidant activity, which helps to prevent free radical induced oxidative damages of entire digestive tract as a result helps in reducing irritation in digestive tract
• It also helps to prevent bloating, gas formation, cramping and belching, which are considered as the most common symptoms of an upset stomach. Whereas cinnamon also helps in neutralizing stomach acidity, which subsequently reduces the prevalence of heartburn

Try Cumin

• Cumin seed is considered as one of the most important therapeutic substances for treating an upset stomach
• It helps to prevent intestinal inflammation as well
• It is also related with protecting the digestive tract from microbial infestation thus decreases the prevalence of gastrointestinal infectious disorders
• It helps to decrease gas formation too
• Individual can consume at least one to two teaspoon of powdered cumin seed or they can also chew raw cumin seed for improving their symptoms

Try Cloves

• Cloves can be consumed for treating an upset stomach as it contains several imperative compounds that help to decrease gas formation in stomach and also enhance the secretion of gastric juice that ultimately helps in digestion
• It is also very effective for treating cramping, nausea, vomiting    Read more